Does Deka Lash select the site for the franchise location?

Site Selection. We provide site selection criteria, guidelines, and counseling to help you select a site. We do not select the site. It is your responsibility to locate and select a suitable site for your studio. You must submit to us a site selection proposal containing reasonable items required by us to evaluate the site. We must approve any site you select before you sign a lease for that location. We do not generally own the premises and lease it to you. Before you enter into a lease or purchase agreement, you must have the site approved by us. We consider the following factors in approving your site selection: general location, proximity to other affiliated/Deka Lash locations, neighborhood, traffic patterns, signage, parking, size, zoning, physical characteristics of the proposed space, demographics, population density of the area, and lease terms (including the cost of the build-out, monthly rent rate). We may conduct an on-site evaluation if we consider it necessary as part of our evaluation. We will typically approve or disapprove a proposed site within 14 days of your submission to us of the pertinent information required by us on the proposed site. If we accept a proposed site and you obtain it, we will insert a description of the specific location in Schedule 1 to the franchise agreement. In the unlikely event that you and we cannot agree on a site within the opening timeframe allowed, you can extend the timeline by getting approved and paying the opening deadline extension fee, we can allow you more time to search for a site that we can agree upon, or we can terminate the franchise agreement. (Franchise Agreement, Section 5.2(a)).

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 32–40)